OK, I am a little at a loss here, so please bear with my scatterbrain. My kids milk our goats and do a great job. i am the overseer. They tell me when problems arise. However it makes it tough when they wait too long to "mention" something.
I posted about our milking doe last week with the sore feet...thrush issue. I went out at milking time last night to trim up her feet and use thrushbuster. She looked horrible. It looks like she has lost weight and her udder was ALMOST NOTHING!! She gave LESS than a quart!!! She is a fantastic doe and was giving 1 1/2 gallons a day!
THEN they tell me she hasn't been eating her grain on the milkiing stand for several days.
Temp. 101.8
She had "the runs" yesterday but she had gotten into the chicken grain.
Her udder is shrunk up to almost nothing though she milks fine.
Giving WAY LESS milk that looks, smells, and tastes fine.
Her breathing seems a little loud. ?? but I didn't notce it that much.
Membranes are very pink (around eyes and nostrils) - this I noticed right away and it doesn't look right to me
I don't know what to say. I am SO upset. She is our best doe. She kidded at the end of May. She should be doing so great right now. Please help.
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